Pete Sutton: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 211 of 211 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/02/2024 Leasowe, Wirral 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 4 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 5 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 30/01/2024 Play, Denbighshire 6 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 03/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 11/02/2024 Arrowe Park, Wirral 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 18 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/01/2024 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 20 Pintail Anas acuta 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 21 Teal Anas crecca 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 22 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 30/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 05/02/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 27 Scaup Aythya marila 19/03/2024 Ains Dale, Lancashire 28 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 04/03/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 29 Eider Somateria mollissima 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 30 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 31 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 32 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 07/02/2024 Llanddulas, Conwy 33 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 34 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 35 Smew Mergellus albellus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 36 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 37 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 07/02/2024 Inland Sea, Anglesey 38 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 39 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 40 Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 41 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 23/04/2024 Hale, Cheshire 42 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 43 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 44 Swift Apus apus 01/05/2024 Saxmundham, Suffolk 45 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 27/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirrall 46 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 47 Stock Dove Columba oenas 14/02/2024 Landican, Wirral 48 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/02/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 50 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 51 Coot Fulica atra 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 52 Crane Grus grus 02/05/2024 RSPB Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire 53 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 07/02/2024 Beddmanarch Bay, Anglesey 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/03/2024 Woolston Eyes, Warrington, Cheshire 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/04/2024 RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 28/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 09/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 01/05/2024 Aldeburgh Marshes, Suffolk 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 67 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 05/03/2024 Wallasey, Wirral 68 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 69 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 02/04/2024 Seaforth NR, Liverpool 70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 71 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 30/04/2024 Cley Marshes, Norfolk 72 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 30/01/2024 Parkgate, Wirral 73 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/04/2024 Willaston, Wirral 74 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 17/04/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 75 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 09/05/2024 Lunt Meadows, Lancashire 76 Redshank Tringa totanus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 77 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 04/02/2024 Leasowe, Wirral 78 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 79 Knot Calidris canutus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 80 Ruff Calidris pugnax 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 81 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 17/05/2024 RSPB Marshside, Lancashire 82 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 83 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 84 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 86 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/2024 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 87 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 88 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 15/05/2024 Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey 89 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 90 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/03/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 91 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk 92 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 93 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 13/02/2024 Wallasey, Wirral 94 Common Gull Larus canus 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 95 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 96 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 97 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 98 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/02/2024 Widnes, Cheshire 99 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 100 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 07/02/2024 Holyhead, Anglesey 101 Razorbill Alca torda 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 102 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 103 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/02/2024 Holyhead, Anglesey 104 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 105 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 106 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 107 Gannet Morus bassanus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 108 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 109 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 110 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/02/2024 Overton, Cumbria 111 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 112 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 113 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 114 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2024 Glasson, Lancashire 115 Great White Egret Ardea alba 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 116 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 117 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/04/2024 Rutland Water, Rutland 118 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 27/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 119 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 06/03/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Conwy 120 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 121 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/02/2024 Minera, Clwyd 122 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 123 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 124 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2024 Lunt Meadows, Merseyside 125 Little Owl Athene noctua 24/01/2024 Burton Point, Cheshire 126 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 09/02/2024 Burton Marsh, Cheshire 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 09/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mère Wetlands, Cheshire 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 28/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 04/05/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 18/03/2024 Moore Nature Reserve, Cheshire 134 Jay Garrulus glandarius 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 135 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 136 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 07/02/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 140 Raven Corvus corax 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/01/2024 Halkyn, Flintshire 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/02/2024 Clocaenog Forsest 143 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 05/02/2024 RSPB Leighton Moss, Lancashire 144 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 145 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 146 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 147 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 01/05/2024 RSPB Minsmere, Suffilk 148 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 149 Skylark Alauda arvensis 28/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 150 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 29/03/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 151 Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 152 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2024 Halsall, Lancashire 153 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 154 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 155 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 156 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 157 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 18/03/2024 Frodsham Marshes, Cheshire 158 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 01/05/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 159 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 27/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 160 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 161 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2024 Meols, Wirral 162 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 03/04/2024 Woolston Eyes NR, Cheshire 163 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 30/04/2024 Rutland Water, Rutland 164 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 20/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 165 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2024 Hoylake, Wirral 166 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 167 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 24/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 168 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 169 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 170 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 171 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 172 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/02/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 173 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 174 Redwing Turdus iliacus 30/01/2024 Parkgate, Wirral 175 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 176 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 09/02/2024 RSPB Burton Mère Wetlands, Cheshire 177 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 03/04/2024 Penycloddiau Hill Fort, Denbighshire 178 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 179 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 180 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 01/05/2024 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 181 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 08/05/2024 Abet Falls, Gwynedd 182 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 01/02/2024 Rhyl, Denbighshire 183 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 29/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 184 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 17/04/2024 Arrowe Brook Farm, Wirral 185 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 186 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 27/03/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 187 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 05/02/2024 Milnthorpe, Cumbria 188 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 189 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 190 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 24/04/2024 Leasowe Lighthouse, Wirral 191 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2024 Crosby Marine Lake, Merseyside 192 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 New Brighton, Wirral 193 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 04/03/2024 Il est-on, Cumbria 194 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 30/01/2024 Talacre, Flintshire 195 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/05/2024 Clocaenog Forest, Denbighshire 196 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 19/03/2024 RSPB Marshside, Southport 197 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 15/05/2024 RSPB South Stack, Anglesey 198 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 30/01/2024 Play, Denbighshire 199 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/01/2024 Llay, Denbighshire 200 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 04/03/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 201 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 05/02/2024 Sizergh Castle, Cumbria 202 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 29/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 203 Linnet Linaria cannabina 24/01/2024 Burton Point, Cheshire 204 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/02/2024 Llyn Brenig, Denbighshire 205 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 01/02/2024 Clocaenog Forsest 206 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 24/01/2024 Prenton, Wirral 207 Siskin Spinus spinus 25/01/2024 Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire 208 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 10/02/2024 Hoylake , Wirral 209 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 09/05/2024 Halsall, Lancashire 210 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 23/04/2024 Hale, Cheshire 211 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 30/01/2024 Llay, Denbighshire